This is an analysis of the poem Farmer Whipple--Bachelor that begins with:
It's a mystery to see me--a man o' fifty-four,
Who's lived a cross old bachelor fer thirty year' and more--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbb ccdd eeff ccaa Xaee gXhXh ggii iibb iigjj XkdX fhhXi gggg Xhaa iXll bbmm ggbb Xkii mmbb hhaa ggcX Xbig iibb ccii igXX ffaXa aaXX iibbXaAii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 00100011011101 11011100110111 01011101111111 11110101111001 111110101110101 01001001010101 101010101110101 101000010011011 111100100010001 11010100010101 111110101111101 11010101110101 01010111010111 111011101011111 1100111101110101 110101101101 111111011111111 110010001100111 1101011101101 11100011010101 111011101110111 0101010111010 11011101110101 0111110001010 1 11001110110111 001011101110111 11110101010111 101011001010101 101010101011111 101001101010101 111010101010101 01011100010101 11011101011101 11011101110001 111111100101 11 101011101110111 1110101111101 101010101001101 0101110001111 101010101110101 10111110111010 1 101010100010010 111010100011101 111010100011111 11111101111111 111110100111111 101011000011001 10110110111111 11111111011000 0011101010111001 0101111010001 11010101010101 111010111010111 01010110010101 111011101110001 111010011110101 1010101101100111 111010101011001 1101111110101 101111100010111 111110101011011 11110101011011 11111101110111 101010101010111 11010101110110 11010101111101 101110101010001 11101010011101 111010101110101 101110001011101 11101110110101 10101011010111 111110101010100 11010101111101 111110001010111 101010100010101 10101010010101 10111010111011 1101111010101 110101010101000 11011101110111 11001101101111 11010101010101 111111001110101 111010101110101 01011101111101 11111101001100 11010101110101 10101010111111 1100111110111 1111010111101 1111011001010101 10010101010101 0101110010111 11010101110100 001010101111000 1101100011001101 10111010011111 10101101011101 11111010111110 1 01101010010101 0111010110101 010101101111010 101111001110101 11111100101101 0110100010101 11001101010111 101011101110101 11111101011101 11011100110111 001011101111001 01011101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, i, as, o', in, year, ', it, i'd, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but, i'd are repeated.
The author used the same words i, and, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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